Experience tranquility by the sea at this Scandinavian summer house

One of my dear friends spends a few weeks each summer at her family’s home on an island in Finland. There, in utter tranquility, they and their guests can relax, enjoy crayfish season, indulge in sauna followed by a quick plunge in the sea, go [...]

Dream house anyone? For me, it would be a fishing camp like this one — rustic but wonderfully accessorized.
Here in the northeast United States the end of May ushers in beach house season and the beginning of July heralds the opening of fishing camp houses. This rustic, back-to-nature style emerged during the late 1800s [...]

The rustic kitchen led me to Maus Park,  a mid-19th C historic home near Toronto
One of my favorite rustic kitchens here on Atticmag has stone walls, a marble paver floor and an imposing black La Cornue Chateau range. When I first posted it we all swooned over the combination of luxury and the European [...]

Photo: Inson Dubois Wood

Tour this $3.545 million penthouse in a new “green” condo, furnished completely from Ikea by top New York designer Inson Dubois Wood.
High wedding season is reason enough for a show house dubbed “Newlywed Nest,” sponsored by Bride’s magazine and designed by top New York residential designer, Inson Dubois Wood, using furniture [...]

My dream of renting a house for a month in Italy came true
We arrived at a farmhouse just outside the tiny town of San Casciano dei Bagni, in Tuscany, on an idyllic October evening. The following thirty days were filled with adventures in a different culture, dear friends we made for life, and outings [...]

These are informal photos done for myself, with no idea of publication. For many years, I could not find them. I thought they had been thrown away  when we moved.
One of the most magical months of my life was spent in a farmhouse [above, from the backyard] we rented in a tiny town [...]

Our two-part virtual walk-through of Allison’s stone cottage was designed so everyone could appreciate the highly original living spaces she has worked so hard to create. If you haven’t yet seen the main rooms in part one, the elegant French Gray Island kitchen, or the more private spaces in part two, I suggest taking that [...]

Our tour of Allison’s lovely stone house on a lake in Alabama continues with a walk through some of the private spaces in the 5-bedroom home that our very own blogging partner and her husband built on 4-1/2 acres. If you missed part one of the tour, you might want to use the link to [...]

Calling a 5 bedroom 4-1/2 bathroom home sitting on 4-1/2 acres a European cottage is by way of describing the style of the house our very own Allison and her husband lovingly built on an Alabama lakefront lot.
Designed by Tulsa architect Jack Arnold – who the couple has never actually met – the house was [...]

A carved iron-gated driveway leads to the Betty Crocker Estate
The Betty Crocker Estate is for sale.  Yes, that Betty Crocker.  But how could that be?  We all thought she was a fictional person.

The Victorian Gothic Revival brick home is listed for $1,295,000.  It sits on 8 acres and features olive trees, ancient oaks and a [...]

This week I’ve devoted a large amount of Atticmag real estate to the Inspired Designs Showhouse here in New York City. It features two apartments full of rooms — nearly 10,000 square feet — created by 15 top designers as a benefit for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, founded by Evelyn H. Lauder. Each room [...]

At the end of my tour of the Inspired Designs Showhouse, in New York City, yesterday (please scroll down or click here to see part one)  I was unable to photograph a bedroom designed by Jennifer Flanders Inc. and The Silver Peacock — one inspired by the great Dorothy Draper.
So here is that room, as [...]